Riding-habit.



No. 718,769. PATENTED JAN. 20.vl903-- J. JURAN.

RIDING HABIT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1902. NO MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR No. 718,769. PATEN-TED JAN. 20, 1903'.

' J. JURAN.

RIDING HABIT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1902.

HQ MODEL. 2 SHEETS-411E513 2.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR BY Ma, 4% WM ATTOBNEYJ.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JURAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDING-HABIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,769, dated January 20, 1903- Application tiled September 29, 1902. Serial No. 125.260. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J URAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York city, county and State of New York, have invented Improvements inRiding- Habits, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct an improved riding habit or skirt which shall be more perfectly fitting to the wearer when in the saddle than such garments as ordinarily made. This object I attain by constructing the garment of the several parts shaped as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating in outline the different parts of which my riding habit or skirt is to be made, and vFig. 2 is a side view of the com-v plete skirt stretched out to indicate its shape when the wearer is in the saddle.

The skirt ismade up out of the five parts shown in Fig. 1-namely, the curved piece A,

the large irregularly-shaped piece B, the long narrow gore-piece O, the side piece D, and an upper piece E.

The piece A, Fig. 1, is cut to an outline having an outer edge a with a projecting I curve, its inner edge a slightly curved in the same direction, and a right-hand end a straight to form part of the waist-line.

The piece B, Fig. 1, has its right-hand vertical edge I) nearly straight and its left-hand edge 5' straight, butinclined inwardly toward the upper part, while the bottom edge 19 of this skirt-breadth is slightly curved. Above the inclined straight side I) is an edge in two sections b and b nearly straight or but slightly curved, the general direction of the edge-line being slightly inclined from the horizontal and reaching to the waist edge I). Between the two parts Z7 and b of this edge I cut an outwardly-projecting wedge-shaped piece B, with darts B and B on opposite sides of it.

The gore-pieceO has slightly-curved edges to make the strip wide at the bottom and near the top, but narrow at the extreme top and also at the middle of its length.

The side piece D hasa straight bottom edge d and a straight right-hand edge (1 substantially at right angles to the bottom edge.

. The left-hand edge 61 curves inwardly and then outwardly, forming, with the upper curved edge d acurved neck part d bent over to the left in the diagram, Fig. 1.

The upper piece E has a straight lower edge e to the right, an inwardly-curved upper edge e, and an outwardly-curved lower edge 6 these two curves lying in the same general direction. The waist-line edge e is formed with a dart e.

As will be seen on reference to Fig. 2, the outwardly-curved edge a of the piece A is united to the inwardly-curved edge of the piece E, whilethe other edge a is united to the portion 19 of the upper edge of the part B. The point of the piece A is united to the projecting piece B. The upper piece E has its straight edge united in part to the edge 'b and to the piece B of the part B. The

outer curved edge of the upper piece E is united to the curved edge (1 of the side piece D. The straight edge of the latter is united to the edge I) of the part B. The projecting part formed by the junction of the edges b and b is made to overlap the adjacent edges of the parts E and D without being united thereto, so as to leave a pocket or opening F, Fig. 2, for the introduction of the saddlepommel. I form on the part b b a loopfto be fastened to a button f when the opening F, which is shown by the bending back of the flap in Fig. 2, is to be closed.

The inwardly-curved edge cl of the part D is united to the right-hand edge, Fig. 1, of the gore-piece O. The left-hand edge of the latter is united to the edge 17 of the large piece B.

By making the skirt of the several parts with the shapes shown and described, and particularly with the aid of the piece B and adjoining darts, I produce a skirt which will better fit the wearer when in the saddle than any skirt heretofore made.

To enable the bulged knee portion of the skirt to be looped up out of the way when the rider is ofif her horse and standing or walk ing, I provide a button g near the waist-line and a loop 9 near the bulged knee portion to be then looped over the button.

I claim as my invention- A, riding habit or skirt, composed of the curved part A, large irregularly-shaped part name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J URAN.

WALTER ABBE, HUBER'I HowsoN. 

